Battle of the Eastern Carpathians

Battle of the Northern Carpathians
	Part of the Romanian Campaign of World War I
	; Romanian soldiers repulsing an Austro-Hungarian attack
Date	13–29 October 1916
Location	Eastern Carpathians, on the border between Romania and Austria-Hungary
Result	Romanian victory
Belligerents
Romania	Austria-Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Constantin Prezan; Ion Antonescu	Arthur Arz von Straussenburg
Units involved
Romanian North Army	1st Austro-Hungarian Army
Casualties and losses
Unknown	168 killed; 635 wounded; 802 missing; 1,000 prisoners; 12 guns

The Battle of the Eastern Carpathians consisted in a series of military engagements between Romanian and Austro-Hungarian forces during October 1916, in World War I. The attempt of the Austro-Hungarian 1st Army to break through the Eastern Carpathians was simultaneous with that of the German 9th Army to force the passes of the Southern Carpathians. Both efforts failed.

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